Abandonment

Abandonment can take many different forms. There is the obvious physical abandonment that happens when a husband leaves his wife and begins to live at another residence. Of course, it can be the wife who leaves the husband and abandons him. An added dimension which increases is damage is if one spouse takes all the couple's money and assets and leaves the other without any means of support.

In such a case, the spouse not only abandoned his marital obligations, but he also abandoned his monetary responsibilities. However, adults have ways and methods to deal with such a life crisis. They can earn incomes or can seek financial assistance through the courts or through governmental agencies. An adult who is abandoned experiences pain but it in no way compares to the pain that a child must endure when he is abandoned.

Child abandonment can be defined as the...